Got to Ustron with 12 minutes to spare (Still the earliest Ed has ever arrived at a station) after walking for seven days and 1 night and grabbing a kindly taxi driver for the last dash to the train. Piotr's feet are, to use the technical medical term, f*****, Ed's ankles have swollen to the size of his calves and his right knee has enough enough fluid in it to fill two moderately sized egg cups but the pain is over so we're happy. Its been an amazing experience in which we've learned a lot about walking, life, people, pain, blisters, sticks, mountains, pain, trees, dogs, pain, drugs and each other not necessarily in that order. There's a lot of people we need to thank starting with the most important: Nurofen. Your Plus tablets may have meant we can't remember Day 5 and are hazy on 6 and 7 but that's probably a good thing. We'd seriously like to thank all the people who supported us over the past week and during our training. Its been a real boost to get your messages, especially when we've woken at 4 in the morning with the prospect of severe pain ahead (And that was just the walk to the toilet). Many thanks to Fafik the dog, a loyal and friendly companion, who walked for 36 km with us on day 6 and then peed all over the shelter where we stayed the night without paying (Thanks to Marcin and Robert for slipping us a key). A final big thank you goes to Jacek who has kept the website updated as we've gone along. Thanks again, big love to you all for the support and donations and watch this space in future because we haven't yet learned our lesson and we'll continue to live Life By Misadventure for many years to come...

Piotr and Ed

Facebook status updates made during The Run by Piotr and
Ed:

Wed 27th May 8.33AM
Piotr and Ed think the trick to the last day will be the doubling the pain-killers... oh, wait, we are already taking a double dosage.

Wed 27th May 7.39AM
Ed and Piotr walked for 33 hours yesterday with three 20 min naps and dinner. Ouch. But on the plus side today is the last day, not long to go now...

Tue 26th May 8.55PM
Piotr and Ed are facing the inevitable: if we want to retain our chances for completing the challenge we need to get good at night-time pathfinding.

Mon 25th May 10.50PM
Ed and Piotr are preparing to go all night! Things are looking up...

Mon 25th May 9.53PM
Piotr Holysz thinks that every day of this trip provides a lifetime of experience. We are getting close to our deadline. These next two days will be super-tough.

Mon 25th May 12.50PM
Piotr: putting on shoes this morning was a bit of a challenge. We are now past the route half-mark.

Mon 25th May 7.25AM
Ed wonders how many roads a man must walk down before you can call him an ambulance.

Sun 24th May 10.32PM
Piotr and Ed have done 48% of the distance in 53% of the time... hopefully the rain won't hold us up any longer.

Sun 24th May 2.17PM
Piotr Holysz loves the feeling of a sugary drink flooding his stomach after a good chunk of the road.

Sun 24th May 12.21PM
Piotr promises that if he and Ed survive this trip, there is going to be lots of storytelling about DAY 3.

Ed hopes history will treat him kindly.

Sun 24th May 12.20PM
Piotr and Ed have last night found a nice place to stay but unfortunately no cell phone reception...Day 4 begins with lots of pain.

Sat 23rd May 3.55PM
Piotr and Ed are passing by the Polish Valley of Death near Dukla.